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Night Talk Issue 35
Editor's note: The 2022 Qatar Football World Cup is about to begin, and as the last World Cup with 32 teams to participate, fans around the world will focus on Qatar. National teams from all over the world will gather here to compete for the quadrennial Hercules Cup. The night talk will start on November 15 for everyone to take stock of the teams that entered the final circle of this World Cup, and the football powerhouses will be promoted to see who will spend the Hercules Cup.
There is no shortage of good footballers on the African continent, from World Footballer of the Year George Weah, to Eto'o the "Cheetah" and Drogba "The Beast", to Mane and Salah. Although the football environment on the African continent is terrible, the people here have great speed and explosiveness, and every year some excellent junior footballers are exported to the world, and today's black players have long been scattered in all corners of world football. Today's inventory is the five African teams that reached the finals: Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana and Cameroon.
Senegalese player Sadio Mane
"African upstart" Senegal
Senegal has reached the World Cup finals twice before, the first time was the World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 02, and successfully equaled the best result in the history of the World Cup for African teams in the quarterfinals, in the last World Cup, Senegal and Japan were the same in points, goal difference, goal difference, goals, and finally failed to enter the second round because of the number of yellow cards, which can be said to be a pity.
As the champion of this year's Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal has been in hot form in recent matches, and in this cup, in addition to the favorites Netherlands, the host Qatar and South American team Ecuador have a big gap in paper strength, I believe that if it plays normally, there is a good chance to make up for the regret of the last time and re-enter the second round, let's wait and see.
Moroccan player Ashraf Hakimi
"Atlas Lion" Morocco
Morocco is the first African team in history to reach the finals, and although it has not played satisfactorily in previous World Cup matches, and the best result is only to reach the second round, the editors are optimistic that Morocco can be a good spoiler in this year's competition, along with Belgium, Croatia and Canada.
Belgium as the favorite to qualify from the group top, while Morocco has to do to compete with Croatia and Canada for another spot, as the best African team to create miracles, facing the aging runner-up Croatia in the last cup, and Canada, which has been mediocre, whether Morocco can break out will be a major attraction in this group.
Cameroonian player Zambo Anguiza
"African lion" Cameroon
Cameroon is the most African team to reach the World Cup finals, it can be seen that this is an old African powerhouse, after the retirement of legendary star "Cheetah" Eto'o, Cameroon has been in a phase of blood change in recent years, and it is not yet known what kind of performance this cup can have.
Cameroon beat Romania 2-1 in '90 against European teams without a win, and in this group, apart from favourites Brazil and world number one in the group, Serbia and Switzerland are both European teams. For Cameroon, which has "Europhobia", whether it can break the spell and defeat European teams in this game will also be a major attraction of the game.
Tunisian player Shiri
"Carthage Eagle" Tunisia
Tunisia played their first World Cup tournament in 1978, and they drew with the then-powerful Federal Republic of Germany in the group stage, defeating the North American powerhouse Mexico 3-1, but unfortunately lost to Poland and unfortunately lost to Poland. In the subsequent 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups, Tunisia occasionally revisited the world's number one tournament, but unfortunately it did not shine brighter.
In the final round of the World Games, Tunisia relied on a tenacious defense and won a long-lost World Cup ticket with a golden goal in two legs. Heading into the World Cup, they are drawn in Group D with France, Denmark and Australia, and it is extremely difficult to qualify under the attack of the strong defending champions and the Asian and European powerhouses. Tunisia's star is Shiri from Bundesliga side Cologne, who has been in hot form lately and hopes to lead the national team to history-making results.
Ghanaian player Andre Ayu
"Black Star Legion" Ghana
Ghana's men's team first reached the World Cup in 2006, and at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Ghana equalled the all-time best result of African teams, losing to a tenacious Uruguay in a penalty shootout. In that game, they had a chance to win in 90 points, but were turned away by Suarez's "hand of God", and although the Uruguayan was sent off, Ghanaian goalscorer Gian Asamoa regretted missing a penalty, which became the Ghanaian's biggest regret to date.
Ghana's fast and skilled team, known as the African Brazilian team, the players in Europe led by the Ayo brothers have a lot of Premier League experience, and are good at physical and speed confrontation. They are placed in Group H this World Cup and will play their first match against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, and will also meet their old rivals Uruguay and their number one star Suarez, and they believe this match will be very interesting.
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